Auckland Art Gallery

Without art collectors where would artists be? Fostering new generations of collectors is a vital part of the economy of the visual arts in New Zealand. But if collectors drive the art world, what… Audio

In the 1990s, revered abstract painter Gordon Walters befriended a young Christchurch artist, Chris Heaphy. The friendship led to collaboration on some artworks and they even got to the point where… Audio, Gallery

Julia Waite, co-curator of Gordon Walters: New Vision, a major retrospective of art by one of New Zealand’s foremost modern artists at Auckland Art Gallery, plays five pieces of music to illustrate… Audio, Gallery

Gordon Walters' bold design motifs are based around an interlocking koru, found in moko and kowhaiwhai. Gordon Walters: New Vision is the first comprehensive survey of the artist's complete body of… Audio, Gallery

It's an anxious waiting game now for the Auckland Art Gallery while the City Council decides its budget and how much money it's prepared to invest in it. This follows months of heated debate… Audio

For many years artists and musicians have been inspired by each other’s work. Significant periods in music history are named after equivalent movements in the visual arts, such as the Baroque, or… Audio

Auckland’s Super City Council is progressively cutting funding to the city's major cultural asset, arts advocates say. Audio

Auckland Art Gallery is about to be transformed by a sea of dots! Designer Hannah Manning-Scott talks about the opportunity the gallery is giving visitors to follow the lead of Japanese artist Yayoi… Audio

Auckland Art Gallery has recently hired its very first head of public engagement - bringing in an expert in the field from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Audio

In 1966, artist Gordon Walters had a breakthrough moment when he first showed a series of 12 radically abstract geometric paintings in Auckland. Audio, Gallery

There’s a lot of naked bodies at the Auckland Art Gallery as part of The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from the Tate. But how do you look at and appreciate a nude? Associate Professor Linda Tyler… Audio

The Guerrilla Girls is a feminist activist art collective. Over 55 people have been members of the collective since its formation in 1985. The group uses 'culture jamming' in the form of posters… Audio

Auckland artist, Paris Kirby, is holding free life drawing classes, as part of Auckland Art Gallery's The Body Laid Bare programme. She's with us to talk us through how to draw the nude. Audio, Gallery

Contemporary art, combined with sound, voice, music and performance takes the spotlight at Auckland Art Gallery this week.  The exhibition Shout Whisper Wail! features 11 contemporary artists from NZ… Audio

Nude works by Picasso, Cindy Sherman and Matisse are part of The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate on at the Auckland Art Gallery. It’s the first time many of these pieces have been seen in New… Audio

Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She discusses the Auckland Art Gallery's upcoming The Body Laid Bare -… Audio, Gallery

Auckland Art Gallery's feature exhibition for the year The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate opens in March. The show features nude artworks from the Tate's collection including The Kiss by… Audio, Gallery

Life’s complexities in New Zealand between the 40s and 80s are presented in a photographic exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery. The series The Us in I documents a period of upheaval and optimism… Audio, Gallery

Monet’s Le pont japonais (Japanese Bridge) (1918 – 1924) is the first Monet to be seen at Auckland Art Gallery. The depiction of his famous waterlily garden and Japanese bridge is one of only two of… Audio